Banned on the Run: Paul McCartney tossed from his own subreddit
After hosting a no-phones show at the Fonda Theatre on Friday night, Paul McCartney wanted to gift his fans at r/PaulMcCartney with some mementos from the performance, but the sweet gesture got his ac
Banned on the Run: Paul McCartney tossed from his own subreddit After hosting a no-phones show at the Fonda Theatre on Friday night, Paul McCartney wanted to gift his fans at r/PaulMcCartney with some mementos from the performance, but the sweet gesture got his account banned from the platform instead. After hosting a no-phones show at the Fonda Theatre on Friday night, Macca wanted to gift his fans at r/PaulMcCartney with some mementos from the performance, but the sweet gesture got his account banned from the platform instead. , filled to the brim with Beatles and Wings songs alike. On Saturday, McCartney shared a Dropbox link of photos and videos from the performance in the r/PaulMcCartney subreddit, inviting fans to share them on social media with the hashtag #PaulRocksTheFonda. Before the post could pick up any steam, McCartney’s account, u/paulmccartney, Notably, the Fonda performance on Friday was a no-phones show , and all of us in attendance had to seal our devices in a Yondr pouch upon entry. The. “Hope you enjoyed the show at Fonda Theatre last night,” Saturday’s post read. “As last night was a phone free experience we wanted to make sure that you had some memories from the show to share with friends, family and love ones.” One of Reddit’s bots or moderators may have flagged the Dropbox link as spam, but there is no word yet if the ban was an automated action or not. The funniest part about this? There is only one photo in the folder from the actual performance itself, and it’s of McCartney from behind. Most of MJ Kim’s shots are either from rehearsal or of his arrival at the Fonda, all of which were uploaded to McCartney’s Instagram page soon after the show concluded, hours before the Reddit post. The Dropbox linkcontain uncompressed social media video footage that you can watch, but it’s not quite a wellspring of surprise content or BTS action. Still, it was a nice gesture. If you were at Saturday’s show, you’ll have to settle for the four snapshots taken by Kim that are now on McCartney’s social media pages. As of this writing, the u/paulmccartney account has since been restored but its r/PaulMcCartney post remains deleted.
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